[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by gfgcom

Just got these, another lucky find.

Eight different Briggs Meats Panels. I have only been able to find a few auctions with these since 2010, so, I am guessing you dont see these often,
I know this is the first time I have stumbled over them.

Three of these are listed as SPs in the big book, but I have seen others that were not listed in that book called SP cards, so not so sure about that.
They are in pretty nice condition, wax on them, some creasing and of course hot dog stains on the backs which are otherwise clean.
Here are the pictures of the cards below.
Comments, and feedback are welcome

Dave

Dave, congrats on acquiring these very scarce 1953-54 Briggs Meats panels. Do I correctly assume that these will soon be offered for sale on your web site?

The Standard Catalog is not very accurate with respect to correctly identifying the SP cards in this set. I'm 99% certain that the 3 players on your panels that the Standard Catalog identifies as SPs - Dixon, Runnels, & Schmitz - are NOT SPs. I've owned examples of each of these, and I've seen several other examples of each of them over the last 35 years that I've collected (and I've lived in the DC suburbs all of 78 years). The PSA & SGC pop reports will bear me out on this. For another example, the Standard Catalog does not show Jackie Jensen as being a SP, but I'm 99% certain he is a SP (probably because Jensen was with the Senators in 1953, but was with the Red Sox in 1954).

I can't resist showing my only Briggs panel, which I got signed in person back in the 1990's.